Hong Kong's voters turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday for local council
elections that the city's pro-democracy movement hopes will pile pressure on the Beijing-backed government to listen to their demands after months of violent protest.
Long queues snaked out of polling stations across the territory in the
election for 18 district councils, where the record turnout is expected to benefit democratic forces.
The Electoral Affairs Commission said a record of about 71 percent of the 4.13 million citizens registered to vote had cast their ballots across Sunday as the count began.